Atmospheric ghost story

[Orangesandlemons82]

Any recommendations for an atmospheric ghost story? I don't really want blood thirsty or gory. Warnings of how eerie or scary it is would be good because I'm a massive wimp

I don't know what you've already read, but The Woman in Black by Susan Hill and Dark Matter by Michelle Paver are both really good.

The Coffin Path by Catherine Clements. Any of Laura Purcell's books.

Naomis room completely terrified me.

M R James wrote the classic ghost (short) stories - Whistle and I’ll Come to You My Lad is one good one. I also love The Turn of the Screw by Henry James.

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

These all look great, thank you!

I came on here to ask the same question!

Op, dark matter is very good and very creepy. I loved it.
Naomi's room was also really good.

Dark matter is absolutely brilliant

Ghost story by peter straub I think

The Haunting of Hill House is the absolute best.

Fellside by MR Carey is also very spooky indeed.

The Loney is quite atmospheric, and a bit spooky.

The Yellow Wallpaper is a one of my favourite creepy stories.

Little Stranger by Sarah Waters is quite creepy
The Shining by Stephen King also slowly starts to envelop you as you read along

Another vote for Dark Matter by Michelle Paver - one of the most atmospheric ghost stories I've ever read.

I also listened to it on audiobook months later and the was equally as good!

Second 'The Turn of The Screw' - scared the bejesus out of me when I read it one dark night at home alone.

Pet Sematary by Stephen King (ignore the crappy films). Really creepy and unsettling (but don't read if you have small kids ).

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.

'In 1859, the story caused a sensation with its readers, hooking their attention with the ghostly first scene where the mysterious ‘Woman in White’ Anne Catherick comes across Walter Hartright. Chilling, suspenseful and tense in mood, the novel remains as emotive for its readers today as when it was first published.'

I loved it!

Second PPs about Dark Matter - it is a beautiful book. If you like that sense of the Sublime, I'd recommend The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood which is also superb.

Yes Dark Matter
Also thought I'd throw in The Silent Companions

These are all great suggestions, thank you. I have just downloaded Dark Matter. Will let you know how I get on.

Anything by Susan Hill. Good bit of spine-tingling and goose bumping material

I second the Silent Companions.

Loved The Silent Companions, and the other Laura Purcell books. I’m not sure it is a ghost story per se, but also the Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.

Just a warning - Don't read Dark Matter if you're in the house on your own! I read it when DH had taken the kids up to visit his brother. I didn't have the best nights sleep that night....

The Haunting of Alma Fielding was reviewed on R4 recently and sounded really good. That's on my wish list.

i've started to read This Dreaming Isle which is great

www.unsungstories.co.uk/this-dreaming-isle